Stanchion



2 Sheets-Sheet 1. L. ALVORD.

STANGHION.

(No Model.)

Patented Aug. l2, 1890.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2. L. ALVORD.

STANGHION.

(No Model.)

No. 434,012. Patented Aug. 12, 1890.

@wh/Leone@ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUCIUS ALVORD, OF HOMER, NEW YORK.

STANCHON.

SPCFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,012, dated August 12,1890.

Application iilecl July 19, 1889. Serial No. 318,009. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUOIUs ALVORD, of Homer, county of Cortland, in theState of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cattle-Stanchions, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a side elevation of a part of a row of stanchions.Fig. 2 is a like view of a part of a row, showing another connection.Fig. 3 is a like View showing a stripfconnection. Fig. 4 is a detachedisometrical View of the lock-block. Fig. is a like view of the saddle.

My invention relates to the construoton of stanchions for cattle.

My object is to improve their construction by connecting stanchion-barstogether, so that they may be all operated at once to open or closethem, or may be operated singly.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction andoperation hereinafter described, and specicallyset forth in the claimannexed hereto.

It is constructed as follows:

A A are the stationary vertical bars of th stanchion secured at thebottom to a base of ordinary construction and at the top to top bars orbetween the ordinary top bars.

B B are the movable vertical bars pivotally connected to the base at thepropel' distance from the stationary bars A, and at the top tittingbetween the bars constituting the top frame-work and adapted to slidefreely between them. Adjacent to the upper end of each bar B,I insert atransverse pin l.

C is a saddle fitting over the upper ends of thestanchion andrestingupon thepin l on each side. This saddle consists of a band ofmetal of proper size to fit loosely upon the stanchion,and is providedupon its ends with ears 2, and I usually provide it also with aconcavity fr; in each edge, which concavity fits upon the pin, and thesaddle rocks upon the pin. The saddles are connected to each other bycords or wires 3, secured to the ears.

4 is a cord or wire passed around a pulley 5 at the end of the row ofstanchions, and thence over pulleys 6 and 7 to the opposite end of therow or to any other place desired. It will be readily observed that whenthe stanchions are closed, as in Fig. l, by pulling upon the cord 4 thestanchions will all open simultaneously, falling over against theinclined faces of the uprights A,provided they are first unlocked.

D is the lock, consisting of a block of Wood inortised to iit looselyover the stanchion at the end of arow and pivoted upon that stanchion,and also provided with a mortise 8 of proper size to fit over theprojecting top of the last stationary upright in the row.V In Fig. 2 Ishow the wire continuous, bent at the proper points to form a ring oreye 9, which ring or eye tits loosely over the pin l in the stanchions,thus dispensing with the saddle c. AIn Fig. 3 I show the stanchionsconnected by a strip of wood or iron pivotally connected to the top ofeach. movable stanchion, and in this construction when the bars areunlocked by pulling upon the strip thev stanchions are opened, and bypushing upon it they are closed, simultaneously, and as the pins l areremovable by removing any pin that stanchion-bar can be operatedindependently of the rest, and the same can be done when the continuouswire is used, as in Fig. 2,by removing any pin, or in Fig. l by liftingany' saddle off from its stanchion.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combinatiomwith the vertical bars and the swinging bars mounted in abase and a top piece, of the pins inserted transversely through theswinging bars, the saddle fitting over the bars and separatelydetachable therefrom and resting upon the pins, means for connecting thesaddles between the bars, means for operating the bars simultaneously toopen or close all at once, and a lock locking the end bar of a row tothe end upright, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of July,1889.

LUCIUS ALVORD.

I. S. PoMERoY, W. H. CRANE.

